Broadband service offers
Provision of services will be carried out during the summer.
The scheme offers a basic broadband service for individual premises previously unable to receive broadband. About 3,700 applications qualified under the scheme. Letters were issued in February asking applicants to give their consent to be contacted by internet service providers.
Meanwhile, Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte says designated rural areas that benefited from the National Broadband Scheme (NBS) launched in 2008 can look forward to a free upgrade next October.
A mobile broadband upgrade will increase the minimum download speed from 1.6Mbps to 2.3Mbps, while the minimum upload speeds will increase from 1.2Mbps to 1.4Mbps, with a maximum contention ratio of 18:1. The combined data allowance will move from 25GB to 40GB.
He said unhappy NBS customers can contact his department if they have fully utilised the complaints process at 3 Customer Services, Hutchison 3G Ireland Limited, which operates the NBS.
Send comments or complaints about NBS service to nationalbroadbandscheme@dcenr.gov.ie by email.
